The Mole

Thursday, May 8, 2003 5:56 PM

Yeah, but Jet Flyers are hooked up the Oxygen so they don't black out and fuel drags are very dangerous. I agree that those are the ultimate thrills, but TTD is the best we can do now, pluss they are open air and very limited in side protection.

Peabody

Thursday, May 8, 2003 6:12 PM

Bah, that's nothing....the worst is an ejection from a plane! There's a reason why you are grounded after 2 ejections (no matter if it was your fault or not) That acceleration is damaging to the body....you are literally an inch shorter for the rest of your life! :)

------------------- "I used to be in the audio/visual club, but I was kicked out because of my views on Vietnam........and I was stealing projectors" - Homer Simpson

JD

Peabody

Thursday, May 8, 2003 6:53 PM

I recall a Discovery program about Gs. They told about the pioneer in G force study back in the 40s/50s. Since he didn't have computers, he did the experiments to himself. Most of his peers thought 20 Gs for more than a second would kill you. He thought he would do 40, and did. Both his retnas detached, both his lungs collapsed, etc, but he was patched up and survived! :)

------------------- "I used to be in the audio/visual club, but I was kicked out because of my views on Vietnam........and I was stealing projectors" - Homer Simpson

coo man chu

RideMan

Thursday, May 8, 2003 7:21 PM

If it was a crash, it wouldn't have been measured, it would have been calculated. One G is a measure of acceleration equal to close to 32 ft/sec/sec. If you slam into a wall at 60 MPH, and come to a stop within 0.009 seconds, you would experience 88 ft/sec / 0.009 sec = 9,777 ft/sec/sec = 305 G.

In investigating a wreck, the time is also calculated, based on the deformation of the vehicle.

eric.walton

Thursday, May 8, 2003 7:24 PM

Top Fuel Dragsters are *very* dangerous?? Quite different. Try crashing your car at 300+mph and see if you survive. Guys in Top Fuel do it quite often. In fact, there was just recently a very firery crash, the car rolled several times, cockpit engulfed in flames, front of the car (cockpit forward) broke off from the rear of the car (engine back), and the guy pretty much walked away. NHRA racing is VERY safe...... So is Nascar really for that matter.

Eric------------------"I'm hoping to see if any dead people will be my friends." - SS

AGV

I read in an IAAPA publication (trade organization for the amusement industry) that duration of the G force is also an important factor when measuring their effects on the body.

Get this: a high school student speculated that rope jumping displayed greater G forces than did almost all coasters. For a school science project, he was able to get a scientist to help him measure G forces while rope jumping. He ended up being right. But because the G forces are very short lived, they don't feel anything like those experienced on a good, fast coaster.

BBSpeed26

Thursday, May 8, 2003 7:39 PM

...someone should tell Markey...

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I just thought of something... I would give anything to get an onride of Markey from TTD with his face all stretched out & the cheek flap going. How cool would that be?*** This post was edited by BBSpeed26 5/8/2003 11:41:54 PM ***

ALF is cool

Thursday, May 8, 2003 8:28 PM

Actually Taipan, I have a very high chance of experiencing a launch off of an aircraft carrier. I am enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps (I leave a month from today), and well the Marines are onboard Navy ships. But, I might get to do that. I hope I get to.

Edit- With my job, Security Force (Anti-Terrorism) I can get stationed onboard carriers.

------------------Rob

"Some people spend an entire LIFETIME wondering if they made a DIFFERENCE. The MARINES don't have that problem." -President Reagan 1985*** This post was edited by ALF is cool 5/9/2003 12:29:34 AM ***

carpediem01

Thursday, May 8, 2003 8:49 PM

RideMan said:If it was a crash, it wouldn't have been measured, it would have been calculated. One G is a measure of acceleration equal to close to 32 ft/sec/sec. If you slam into a wall at 60 MPH, and come to a stop within 0.009 seconds, you would experience 88 ft/sec / 0.009 sec = 9,777 ft/sec/sec = 305 G.

In investigating a wreck, the time is also calculated, based on the deformation of the vehicle.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

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I guess I am not going to experience the Gs from my head-on collision with a large tree at 50 m.p.h. any time soon on a coaster then. Quite the U-shape in the front of the Accord. I did experience "on ride theming", if air bag dust and engine smoke count.

EchoVictor

Friday, May 9, 2003 6:16 AM

FYI, from my past life in airbag sensor testing, the sensors for a vehicle's airbag are set to trigger with a deceleration impulse of about 6 to 7 g's, lasting over 40 milliseconds or so. (Those were the calibration numbers on the 1994 S10 pickup)

Later,EV-----Remember that if you're one in a million, that means that there are 5000 other people on Earth, just like you.

RideMan

Friday, May 9, 2003 9:12 AM

Am I the only one who thinks that the CIC made a big mistake when he trapped on an aircraft carrier for that speech last week? No, I don't mean it was a mistake for him to take a jet onto a carrier to make a speech...I think his mistake was in staying on board until the boat made port. I'd think a carrier take-off would be a lot more fun than a carrier landing!